Chapter 087 Night City
Xiao Yun and Solo rearranged their belongings. After sorting them out, they decided to go from the left, because there seemed to be more high-rise buildings there. Therefore, they believed that as long as they had enough money there, they could live in a relatively safe high-end. Hotel. This can effectively avoid being harassed by some gangsters.
After all, although they are not afraid of those gangsters, they have to admit that those gangsters are really too annoying, like flies, which seriously affects their rest. Therefore, it is imperative to go to high-end hotels.
The night was as heavy as water, and Solo walked forward excitedly, staring at the staring neon lights as bright as stars.
The city of Buale is many times larger than the city of Hals. In the rolling mountains in the north of the city, those mountains are like turtles, and the city of Buale is the turtle eggs laid by the turtle.
The land under his feet is no longer the kind of spark-like red land. Following the rugged mountain road full of gravel, Xiao Yun and Solo carefully sneaked into the city of Buale.
Occasionally, vehicles will fly by, bringing dust and paper scraps all over the sky, and no one will pay attention to Xiao Yun and Solo, two passers-by who do not belong to this city.
Because there are no street lights around here, when they come in, they feel extremely dark. Although there are neon lights flashing, they can't be compared with the prosperity of the city by the coast of Madagascar.
Solo hung a gun on his head and walked forward step by step. The twin eyes kept looking, hoping to see the words like a hotel on the flashing neon billboard.
"Mr. Xiao... There doesn't seem to be any hotels here... We have to continue to go inside and find those neon places that are brighter. Even if there are no hotels in those places, there is a bathing center if you want to come. You can lie there and have a rest first, and ask the people there where there is a hotel, and even you can They found a car to take us there. It's better to walk like this. Little Solo's legs are really unbearable.
Although Xiao Yun does not know Somali, Xiao Yun also knows that Somalia has been chaotic for many years, and the foreign population has almost disappeared. On this barren land, there are poor people everywhere. If someone comes to Buale, it's best to find a roadside to lie down. Where can he find a hotel? Even if there is, these people can't afford to live.
Therefore, there is almost no market for hotels here, and it is absolutely impossible for those international chain hotels to do business here. And those local rich people will never go to the hotel to show off. They would rather sleep in their villas full of guards than go to the hotel to stimulate those poor people who have nothing, but can get guns. Therefore, it seems difficult to find a decent hotel.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yun took a deep breath and said, "Soro, this is a land of war. In such a place, there can't be a Habe Grand Hotel like Madagascar. We'd better find a place now to see if there is any bank or something. Change some money first, and then decide where to go next..."
When Solo heard Xiao Yun say this, he smiled awkwardly and nodded quickly and said, "Yes, don't say there won't be many hotels. Even if there are, we need to change money first before saying it..."
As he spoke, Solo also turned his head and turned his search target to banks or other institutions that could exchange foreign currency.
After walking for a while like this, Solo couldn't help saying depressedly, "Mr. Xiao... We haven't slept well day and night. I may fall asleep standing now, but there is not even a shop selling things on the roadside. The hungry little Solo is already with his chest on his back. What do you think is this... It's really..."
Xiao Yun originally planned to run with Solo for a while, so that he could get to the center of Buale City as soon as possible, so as not to close the stores that can provide them with the services they need.
However, in such a place, running like this is easy to attract other people's bullets, so Xiao Yun and others have to be more cautious. After all, Xiao Yun and Solo don't know much about everything here.
Gangsters are rampant in these places, and each gang has its own area of interest and sphere of influence. In case they run from one area to another, causing misunderstandings from other gangs and attacking them, they will be in big trouble.
Moreover, the boss who sent them over told Xiao Yun and Solo that although Buale said that the city is much larger than Hals, not to mention the population, and the prosperity is higher, the security situation here is not much different from that of Hals. The people on the street or in the two rooms are straight. It's very normal to fire at each other here. Large-scale gunfights on the streets are also frequent. Therefore, people like Xiao Yun and others are easily shot and attacked directly by two hateful forces.
In a word, here, go back to sleep as much as possible at night. In addition, anyone who has other ideas will pay for his decision.
Walking like this, Soro said to Xiao Yun that he found a pawnshop. Hearing Soro say this, Xiao Yun took out a hundred euros and handed them to Solo to exchange some shillings, while Xiao Yun waited in the dark.
Soon, Solo, who went in, came out happily. Seeing Xiao Yun, Solo quickly said, "Ha ha... Mr. Xiao, it's not bad this time. They exchanged it for me according to the normal exchange rate. Well, Mr. Xiao, you can see that so much money is put in my bag, and I can't put it in my bag. Why don't you, Mr. Xiao, put my clothes in your bag, and then put the money in my bag?
Xiao Yun nodded lightly, and Solo stuffed clothes into Xiao Yun's combat bag and said, "Oh, by the way, Mr. Xiao, the salesperson also told me that there are no hotels or places around here. If we want to find a place to rest, we can go to her place, but we need to pay some money for it. Look, Mr. Xiao... In order to make this business, she gave us a lot of bananas..."
After saying that, Solo twisted a banana, peeled off the skin, and suddenly took a bite, praising the sweetness. At this time, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Xiao Yun took a deep breath and looked around. The lights around him became much thinner. Obviously, many people began to rest.
Seeing that Xiao Yun didn't say anything, Solo quickly said, "Mr. Xiao, don't worry about it this time. There can't be those gangsters in the place we're going. The salesperson just said that she lived with her parents, just behind this business district, where the security situation is not bad.
Xiao Yun thought about it and could only nod. After all, the lights are blind now, and it's not safe to walk around. Instead, it's better to go directly to the salesperson's house mentioned by Solo!
At this time, Solo saw Xiao Yun nodding and ate bananas again excitedly.
The two waited outside for a while, and soon the pawnshop closed, and a thin black woman came out of it. The woman was a little shy. Seeing that there was still a man standing beside Solo, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Solo with some doubts.
Solo quickly explained that Xiao Yun was his good friend. The two of them came here to do business, but on the way, they met warlord soldiers intercepted and robbed their goods. The two of them fled. Although the goods were gone, the good people were still there...
After listening to Solo's explanation, the woman nodded gently, and then waved her hand to signal Xiao Yun and Solo to follow her. Solo was very excited and followed with a smile, while Xiao Yun grabbed the AK47 and followed the two of them with his bag.
After walking for a while, the neon lights gradually disappeared, and the road under my feet began to get worse.
As Solo walked, he talked to the woman. The woman seemed to be not shy when facing Solo. In addition, Solo's humor made the woman laugh from time to time along the way. The relationship between the two was closer, and the conversation was naturally more harmonious.
Because both of them speak Somali language, Xiao Yun can't understand it. However, Xiao Yun is not idle, but constantly glances at both sides of the difficult path with spiritual knowledge. To make sure that the woman did not lead them to the ambush circle she had arranged in advance.
Buale used to be just a small village. Later, the surrounding villages gradually moved this way, and it also became a huge village gathering place. After those huge high-rise buildings, there are shantytowns that can't be seen at a glance.
Looking at the tall building behind him and the neon that seems to never go out, and then looking at the dark shantytown in front of him, Xiao Yun suddenly had a strange feeling of time and space travel.
A modern and an ancient, these two completely different things are kneaded together at this moment, making people feel a sense of powerlessness.
It must be good for this woman to work in a pawnshop, but if she compares with those urban girls, I'm afraid this woman is nothing.
Because there is no neon light, and the village has not yet appeared in front of you, the next section of the road is the darkest. At this time, the woman took out an oil lamp from a bag she was carrying. After lighting it, she continued to move forward with Xiao Yun and Solo.
When they came to the village, Xiao Yun and Solo suddenly figured out that this was a slum in this city. They thought it would be a good place to rest, but they didn't expect to live in the slums.
However, Solo, who has always complained that this is not good, has never complained for the first time, and has a good talk with women. Obviously, this guy has a crush on this woman.
This made Xiao Yun shake his head. This guy, in order to live in this woman's house, also made up nonsense such as good public security here. He couldn't help making Xiao Yun angry and sigh at the same time. Solo always likes to be self-righteous.